close-setadjective
uk/ˌkləʊsˈset/us/ˌkloʊsˈset/positioned very close together:
He had close-set eyes.
rows of close-set text that was difficult to read
a comb with close-set teeth
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closeness in distance and time
- a few/couple of steps idiom
- a hair's breadth idiom
- a stone's throw idiom
- ace
- anywhere
- anywhere near idiom
- face-to-face
- float around
- hand to hand idiom
- hard by
- here
- proximity
- roof
- round the corner idiom
- shadow
- shout
- step
- stick together
- towards
- under the same roof idiom
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Examples from literature
- Accordingly, the twelve cutting teeth of a horse are close-set and concentrated in the fore-part of its mouth, like so many adzes or chisels.
- Jack's mind was made up in a flash, but, even in the brief instant he hesitated, the stranger's keen, close-set eyes narrowed suspiciously.
- The close-set eyes were full of light, and the thin lips curved into a smile.
- Then she rose up while the old steward took the wine and tried to force it between the close-set teeth, and she called the farm servants to her.
- There was wild hatred in its close-set eyes, the snarl of something fiend-like in its contorted mouth.